How many cats is too many cats?

[nivek2046]

I thought the title of this thread is "How many cards is too many cards?"

[Elegiaque]

Mab, our cat, who had a broken leg as a kitten, didn't get surgery, just cage rest. Later vets said she probably should have gotten a pin. She always had a funny walk but was fine.

Hope this one gets help ASAP!

[misshappy26]

Bit naughty of the SCPA to allow kittens to be adopted singly…

i have six, 1200sq ft, only me and a helper who comes once a week. Up until recently it was tough, I had two cats with a lot of medical needs. One, the love of my life, passed at the end of last year. I’d do it all again, he was an incredible cat.

i volunteer at a cat shelter and need to literally stop bringing my work home with me.

i did bring a solo kitten home in March with the idea that he was adopted but he gets on so wonderfully with my foster, I cannot bear to separate them so they will be adopted out together in a few months after he’s been desexed. I’ll miss them both, they are ridiculous amounts of fun.

Then, I’ll be back to four until the next foster arrives…

[MABinPengChau]

Mab, our cat, who had a broken leg as a kitten, didn't get surgery, just cage rest. Later vets said she probably should have gotten a pin. She always had a funny walk but was fine.

Hope this one gets help ASAP!

It has not been EASY! Cage rest, nope, that's not gonna work here, holy moly, how the first vet could let her go with just that and NO PAIN MEDS??? ARGHHH...

Got an appt with a place that does this kind of surgery, willing to upend their schedule- other places. Thursday earliest. But they are dubious about long complex surgery on 0.8 kg anything. Here I thought she was young, no, much older and highly undernourished. Sigh. So no idea what is going to happen but something needs to be done, can't leave it like this. Anesthesia and re-align the bones plus cast until you can do the surgery? I don't know but poor thing still cannot POO as one bone is blocking the exit, I have tried but...no. This place has an extensive surgery setup so they clearly DO this kind of surgery just whether she could do it or not...

Going in at 4:30 PM told me not to feed her past 2PM meaning they know they are going to do SOMETHING surgical on Monday. Maybe they keep her overnight, get her ready. Fingers crossed that, whatever they do, it results in good quality of life with no pain. No pain is the key for me, condemning her to a life of pain is not the goal here...

So, I mean I GUESS the cat distribution system is working as planned? Not sure many CDS recipients could get this many people involved (my building, my coworkers, several vets) but, uh, would have appreciated an EASIER CDS drop...

[MABinPengChau]

Duplicate, sorry, I have a kitten under my arm...

[MABinPengChau]

Bit naughty of the SCPA to allow kittens to be adopted singly…

i have six, 1200sq ft, only me and a helper who comes once a week. Up until recently it was tough, I had two cats with a lot of medical needs. One, the love of my life, passed at the end of last year. I’d do it all again, he was an incredible cat.

i volunteer at a cat shelter and need to literally stop bringing my work home with me.

i did bring a solo kitten home in March with the idea that he was adopted but he gets on so wonderfully with my foster, I cannot bear to separate them so they will be adopted out together in a few months after he’s been desexed. I’ll miss them both, they are ridiculous amounts of fun.

Then, I’ll be back to four until the next foster arrives…

Sometimes they do allow single kitten adoption it if other cats are in the home...in the case of my feral kitten, uh, no, not getting her a companion, particularly while she heals, have to make do with my other cat...

[MABinPengChau]

Operation day 10am, specialist orthopedic hospital making room in its schedule for this emergency, 3 hour appointment Sunday,, special x-ray under anesthesia, blood work, all systems go, still incredibly risky for anesthesia, no fasting due to blood glucose issues for tiny patients under anesthesia. Please pray for her to whomever, whatever, may protect this little one. Spent yesterday on kennel rest in our office, everyone in love, she will be our office cat, coming back and forth to work, too tiny to leave home alone.

[MABinPengChau]

About only 3 hours, very surprised how strong, good blood pressure, blood glucose, respiration, very strong. So they just dove right in, did it fast. Was a clean break, so that part I figured is OK-ish and I guess the bone was in good enough shape to do the external plate with rod on the inside (this is pretty standard). I really did not see anesthesia issues, it was more "her bones are junk" issues (since not the greatest nutrition for at least a few weeks I think).


Going to see her after work, she is pretty zonked out, hopefully does NOT associate me with any of this awful experience.


Now we need to drop a sweet (candy) offering to the tiger god as a thanks on the way back to see her, again, Taiwan cat so need Taiwan traditions to cover her, working so far. Mazu, tiger lord, all on the case.


Hospital going to snap a pic and send to us, will forward. Leg will be all shaved, who knows where else but it's almost summer, should not be an issue.

[emx]

Great news, thank you for the update.

[MABinPengChau]

Great news, thank you for the update.

First post-op pic sent by vet (also video of her lapping up kitten formula that I sent for them to give her, starving after the surgery):